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Matryomin - how bloody cool is that ?

Damn man - just as I about to post again how friggin ace the Gakken Analog Synthesizer Kit SX-150 is - and how in 3 days or so I will be assembling this babe and blowing holes in my sub-woofer with sub-harmonic wobbles - I stumble upon yet another damn fine piece of electronic koolio-aid - i quote you now from advertising advert ::

'Matryomin' is an original electronic musical instrument of the mandarin electron which is Japanese Theremin maker. The function of Theremin is put in Russian famous handicraft Matryoshka. It has an amplifier and a loudspeaker built-in for the body.

Why ? What ? When and who ... are undoubtedly questions streaming through your head as you read this - but after the following demonstration of the power of Matryomin - you will fear no more !!



and if that does not completly convince of the power of Matryomin - then be prepared my reader(s) - be very prepared ::



Still not with me on this one - well goddam it - you asked for it - maaaannn !!!

Air Geee-ttt-aaar ..

This was going to be a post on the Gakken Sx-150 synth kit - that I have just ordered from Japan .... but that post will have to follow this one .. as in researching the synth-beast, as usually happens - I got side-tracked on other kick-ass Japanese stuff - and so it ends up being a video post on Air Guitars ..



So without further ado - Lets fackin rock-n-friggin-roll- muvvers ...



For readers who simply prefer a good old female-rock-out .. shame to leave without this ..

Rob a Bank..

Classic, unseen and perhaps an answer to the current financial rot ...

10cc Top Trumps ...

Kicked into gear by Mr. Shirt and because here at the Glitch Barn - we have a super overwhelming soft spot for 10cc here is our Top 10 Pop Picks :


Gizmo / Gizmatron
Top of the list in straight in at number one - is the device released initially by Godley and Creme upon departing 10cc for solo careers sometime around 1975 - THE GIZMO.... check out the demo disk from 1975 here.



Basically this consited of 6 motorised wheels - mounted on a guitar bridge - that when pressed eihter one at a time or in combinations against the strings produced whacked out effects - sort of pre-guitar synth type of thing ... best heard to fine effect on the Godley and Creme (concept - yikes !!!) LP - Consequences ... nice ...


More info here ...



One Night in Paris
First track from what is for me the best LP the guys stuck out - too be honest I was tempted to simply list every darn track from it - at least 3 or 4 separate songs super-glued together here - fine stuff indeed !!


Cry - Godley and Creme
How can any list not include this babe - worth it for the video alone - was going to stick on the History Mix LP - but upon revisiting realisd it sounds supa-dated probaly due to lame 80s production from Trevor Horn - this however sounds just fine and dandy..


I'm Mandy - Fly Me
Don't get me started on this one - but takes me back to early teenage lust with a certain Mandy I used to fumble around with (if you know what I mean) - best not go there !


Dreadlock Holiday
White boys try and play pop-light reggae ? Or simply a damn fine pop record - you decide - me I love it !!!


Donna
Got to admit - another girl is involved in selection of this one - god - was my early teen hormones shaped by early 10cc pop songs - crikes??


I'm Not in Love - Edwina Rigby (1979) / Petula Clark (1978)
The smoocher rooner from the stable - remixed into a glitzy late 70s disco glitter ball - lovely stuff (even the Petula Clark one ain't all bad)...


Rubber Bullets
Imposible not to include this slamming hit ...


Wall Street Shuffle
Yet another slamming 7 incher ...


10cc - Blackmail (from Original Sound Track)

Been listening to this LP all weekend - and could have chosen any of them for inclusion as previousl said - this one kicks with a guitar solo straight out of mid-period Floyd - unexpectedly psychedelic .

Now back to spraying "I luv 10cc" on the back of my school pencil case !!

One minute in the life of Ivan Denisovitch

For ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN - RIP ...



One Minute in the life of Ivan Denisovitch

Phew

This morning in the freezing drizzling summers morning - we are seriously getting down to stuff like this - and you should consider doing so too ...

From " Finale / Urahara "
Phew and Ryuichi Sakamoto




Which leads us nicely onto Aunt Sally .... very fine indeed !!

Normal service will be resumed (when I can get off me ass and do it -- maaan!)..

In the mean-time - 2 very good reasons to be alive and with eyes and ears ....



and for some nice glimpses of - gulp Weymouth .....

Egg ....

Korg DS-10 (yes oh yes)..

Well - seeing how the farm has now acquired a Nintendo DS thanks to junior-ultra-glitch-boy-O - seems somewhat silly not to grab this damn fine bit of retro-rehash and steel the thing of him ... nice and tasty in a way that Cooking Mama will never be !!

RIP - Mikey Dread (1/1/1954 - 16/3/2008)

Damn - very very sad .....

Mikey got me seriously into the toasting sound of dub - World War 3 is always on repeated play in this house to this day ..

Some cool cool Mikey Dread, Peel show session tracks from 1982 for you to savour...

1. Rub A Dub

2. Problems

3. Parrot Jungle/Heavy Weight

Gwoemul (The Host)

Finally got around to catching this on DVD - a mere 6 quid - bit of a bargain - subtitled Korean (thank god) - the dubbed version I have seen clips of should be avoided at all costs !!

If you like your monster movies wet, slimy and good at acrobatics - with an occasional dollop of stupidity - go check now .. excellent stuff to me anyhows ...!

A-one and a-two and a-chicka booma chick!

You want blocks - then come get blocks - and don'y ya FXXX with me !!

All bound for Mu Mu land ...

Needs no introduction - a nice 'making of' video just (re)-surfaced on the making of a KLF video - Tammy in her trailor - giant pyramid - loads of water - boats - and a somewhat funky beat ... watch and enjoy ....

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


If that has some sort of interest blip for you - you can find more over on klfcommunicationsnet

Grass is fast - but .... Acid's like lightening, you know ...!!

And on a related note ...

Apache ...




But just remember you goddam grass-head, acid-freaks ... the damn drugs DO NOT WORK .. but alas unexplored sexual delights - JUST MIGHT...

Maybe ,,,,,,

Maybe one day the best songs - are better before the lead singer staggers into it .... !

Smashed-face...

Been experimenting with that social-network malarkey FB - hooked up with long-lost folks - spent an age customizing the shit out of the page - uploaded stuff - typed shit - read shit - remembered shit and somehow forgot it again ... - thank god someone else was there to remember it happened - my notes don't exit - my photos are incomplete - and my record collection does not support it as a chunk was nicked by an EX (god bless the woman - if only she knew what she took at least she might sell it !! ... man ..... "It's a lot of wind..." ...

Records bought because the sleeve told me to (Part 2 of an occasional series)...

In 1994, I found myself living in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. This CD is a Japanese export - I picked up in Tower Records (Windsor House - Causeway Bay - long defeated by the HMV empire!) - Kyoto Jazz Massive are/were a collective of Japanese funksters - the music some 14 years later or so sounds very much a safe-coffee-table-style of jazzy grooves - this has a very early collaboration from DJ Krush on it ... \

The sleeve some 14 years later remains pretty much as I first glanced eyes on it !